Our Mission

The mission of
Medic 1 Ambulance is to provide the highest quality emergency and non-emergency
medical treatment and transportation to the communities we serve while promoting
community involvement, individual employee growth and fiscal responsibility.

Company Profile

Community Emergency Service, Inc.

Medic 1 Ambulance is a
governmental entity organized and owned by 17 cities and townships in Berrien
and Van Buren counties. They provide ambulance service to three other
municipalities under contract.

Medic 1 Ambulance is operated by
a board of directors which meets monthly. Each owner governmental unit appoints
one person to the board. An annual subsidy based on population is appropriated
by each governmental unit. The board is subject to the Open Meetings Act, the
Freedom of Information Act and is required to have an annual audit by a CPA.

Medic 1 operates 12 licensed Paramedic Ambulances equipped
with the latest medical technology, a licensed
Paramedic Supervisor first response unit that is mobile throughout the
service area as well as several other support vehicles.

Medic 1 staffs its own dispatch center with Emergency
Medical Dispatch (EMD) trained personnel and all of their ambulances are
equipped with GPS locators. This allows Medic 1 to provide not only fast but
also the highest quality emergency medical care from the time a call is received
and dispatched up until the ambulance arrives on scene.

For inter-hospital transfers
that require specialized equipment and care, Medic 1 has a Critical Care
Paramedic program where personnel have received additional specialized
training for those types of situations.

Medic 1 Ambulance is one of only
20 ambulance services in the State of Michigan to attain national accreditation
from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services which is considered
the “Gold Standard” in ambulance service. (There are currently 102 CAAS-accredited
agencies in 32 U.S. states and Nova Scotia, Canada)

Member
municipalities include:
Baroda Township, Benton Township, Berrien Township, City of Benton Harbor, City
of Bridgman, City of Hartford, City of St. Joseph, City of Watervliet, Hartford
Township, Lake Township, Lincoln Township, Oronoko Township, Royalton Township,
Sodus Township, St. Joseph Township, Village of Berrien Springs, and Watervliet
Township.

Contract
areas include: City of New
Buffalo, New Buffalo Township, Chikaming Township and Weesaw Township.